For more than a decade, the number of adults who cannot read has plateaued at around 32 million (HuffPost Books, 2014). According to the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, 67% of children are not proficient readers by the end of third grade (Smith, 2015). Given the high stakes attached to acquiring multiple literacies in order to access basic societal functions in the 21st Century, a two-generation approach to build stronger communities is more necessary now than ever before. This brief describes the theory of change for the National Center for Families Learning's (NCFL) signature Family Learning model and links this theory to program outcomes.